"johnny_t" wrote in message
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David Kane wrote:
"johnny_t" wrote in message
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wrote:
Fortunately, for practical purposes you can ignore the current state
of the USCF. Go to your chess club, play chess, enter tournaments, and
have fun.
I don't, nor do I allow my children, and advise my friends to participate in
USCF events or Susan Polgar Foundation events which there is one in
Washington state in March. I had just recently signed up for three year
memberships for my son and myself, went to the National event with my son,
and was prepared for full reintroduction into the organization.

Currently we do not participate in ANYTHING to do with the USCF. As the
organization, and especially the EB behaves in no fashion that I would let
my family associate with.

There are numerous non-USCF chess events for school age kids
in Washington.
http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars...s&&jsenabled=1
Though personally I would not boycott USCF events over the Truong
issue, as a practical matter most of the scholastic events are NWSRS-rated
anyway.

Thanks, and yes we play in many of those. But I had been working with and
being an example for USCF play in Washington. We had gone to the nationals
participated in the Washington state USCF tournaments, and even the USCF rated
Quads, bought the 3 year memberships.

I don't view the USCF as a positive influence in scholastic chess, for reasons
having nothing to do with Truong etc.


So yes we play in the WSHCA events. But realize that organizations like
Chessplayer.com and Chess4Life have been trying to bring about USCF rated play
back to Washington and trying to bring presence to Susan Polgar and her
organization. There are many families in Washington state who are thrilled
that their girls are getting recognition, with no clue of the train wreck that
is happening.


I think the Polgar tournament is a good thing. The current affair
shows her ugly side, no doubt, but that just serves as a reminder
that life is not as simple as we would sometimes like it to be.


And I only have the ability to boycott since the organization is continuing to
behave in such a way as to be not acceptable to me. That is a long turnaround
to frontrunner to boycotter, but that is where I am.

As to the Washington state stuff, you will see us at state, and I and many of
our friends will be on the circuit. But no more USCF events for me, and for
those that ask and care about why we don't go anymore, I tell them and they
can decide.